Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd)
Raul Miller (rdm@test.legislate.com)
Tue, 4 May 1999 10:59:08 -0400
alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk <alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I have to disagree with you on this. Respect is earned not
> automatically given. He might be the father of UNIX but the first
> incarnations of UNIX were ugly. and also, I would have thought that he
> would have at least TRIED Linux himself, installing it, configurating
> it, and using it. There is no substitute, especially with all his
> background & experience. I think he has made a big mistake by basing
> decisions upon some crippled/broken/badly configured Linux systems
> that he only used/saw. How can I give him respect if he did that?
Er... don't forget that for a last lotsa years he's been working with
plan9.
Plan9 solves a lot of problems (relating to security, user and
machine interfaces and multiprocessing) that aren't solved in linux
2.2.
If you think he's comparing linux to NT or VMS or original unix then
yeah, I can see where you'd think he's off his rocker.
--
Raul
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